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Australia To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16
Australia will move to pass new laws banning children under 16 from social media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, vowing to crack down on tech companies failing to protect young users.
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Florida Passes Law Restricting Social Media For People Under 16
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that bans children aged under 14 from social media platforms and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent, a measure supporters say will protect them from online risks to their
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Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta To Hide More Content For Teens
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would hide more content from teens on Instagram and Facebook after regulators around the globe pressed the social media giant to protect children from harmful content on its apps.
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US' New Mexico Sues Meta, Mark Zuckerberg Over Child Protection Failures
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez on Wednesday said the state sued Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying the social media company had failed to protect children from sexual abuse, online solicitation, and human trafficking.
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Deepfake Imposter Scams Are Driving A New Wave Of Fraud
Computer-generated children's voices so realistic they fool their own parents. Masks created with photos from social media that can penetrate a system protected by face ID.
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New Law In France Requires Parental Consent For Social Media Platforms
France approved a new law Thursday requiring social media platforms like TikTok to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for those under 15 years in an effort to protect children online.
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US Bill Seeks To Ban Children Under 13 From Joining Social Media
The bill is a latest effort in protecting the mental health of the youngsters.
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Snapchat Removes Few Children Off Its Platform Every Month in Britain: Ofcom
Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain's media regulator Ofcom and which Reuters has seen. Social media platforms such as Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok, and Snap's Snapchat require users...
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TikTok May Face GBP 27 Million Fine Over Potential Breach of UK Law, Failure to Protect Children's Privacy
TikTok, the popular video sharing platform that is growing in popularity across the world, may face a GBP 27 million (roughly Rs. 236 crore) fine in the UK over its failure to protect children's privacy when they are using the app. The company may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed “sp...
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Teenager Raped By Man, Wife Films It; Couple Arrested: UP Cops
A teenager was allegedly raped by a man here while his wife filmed the act and later uploaded it on the social media, police said on Friday.
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All Apps Should Be Monitored To Curb Child Porn, Says Parliamentary Panel
To prevent sexual abuse of children and contain access to and transmission of child pornographic content on social media, a Rajya Sabha panel has made 40 recommendations, including making monitoring apps mandatory on all devices and amending the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Information Technology Act.
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UK Proposes Banning Social Media 'Likes' for Children
Britain's privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to "like" posts on Facebook and other social media sites as part of tough new rules it's proposing to protect children's online privacy.
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Blog: Voters, Please See. A 9-Point Clean Air Manifesto For Elections
The air across many places in India is toxic. Pollution levels, while not at emergency levels like a few years ago, remain lethally high. A glance at social media will show you who are the most worried. "Parents are only obsessing about how to protect their children (from air pollution). We're all terrified" tweeted a mother.
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On Video, Pregnant Teen Who Alleged Rape, Beaten Up In Chhattisgarh
Two days after a 15-year-old-girl lodged a rape case against a man in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, a purported video clip of her being thrashed in front of local residents went viral on social media, police said on Tuesday.
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Britain Says Web Firms 'Turning Blind Eye' To Children, Warns Regulation
Britain's health minister Jeremy Hunt threatened to impose new regulations on social media firms unless they do more to protect youngsters from using their services.
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Australia To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16
Australia will move to pass new laws banning children under 16 from social media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, vowing to crack down on tech companies failing to protect young users.
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Florida Passes Law Restricting Social Media For People Under 16
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that bans children aged under 14 from social media platforms and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent, a measure supporters say will protect them from online risks to their
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Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta To Hide More Content For Teens
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would hide more content from teens on Instagram and Facebook after regulators around the globe pressed the social media giant to protect children from harmful content on its apps.
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US' New Mexico Sues Meta, Mark Zuckerberg Over Child Protection Failures
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez on Wednesday said the state sued Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying the social media company had failed to protect children from sexual abuse, online solicitation, and human trafficking.
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Deepfake Imposter Scams Are Driving A New Wave Of Fraud
Computer-generated children's voices so realistic they fool their own parents. Masks created with photos from social media that can penetrate a system protected by face ID.
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New Law In France Requires Parental Consent For Social Media Platforms
France approved a new law Thursday requiring social media platforms like TikTok to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for those under 15 years in an effort to protect children online.
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US Bill Seeks To Ban Children Under 13 From Joining Social Media
The bill is a latest effort in protecting the mental health of the youngsters.
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Snapchat Removes Few Children Off Its Platform Every Month in Britain: Ofcom
Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain's media regulator Ofcom and which Reuters has seen. Social media platforms such as Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok, and Snap's Snapchat require users...
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TikTok May Face GBP 27 Million Fine Over Potential Breach of UK Law, Failure to Protect Children's Privacy
TikTok, the popular video sharing platform that is growing in popularity across the world, may face a GBP 27 million (roughly Rs. 236 crore) fine in the UK over its failure to protect children's privacy when they are using the app. The company may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed “sp...
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Teenager Raped By Man, Wife Films It; Couple Arrested: UP Cops
A teenager was allegedly raped by a man here while his wife filmed the act and later uploaded it on the social media, police said on Friday.
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All Apps Should Be Monitored To Curb Child Porn, Says Parliamentary Panel
To prevent sexual abuse of children and contain access to and transmission of child pornographic content on social media, a Rajya Sabha panel has made 40 recommendations, including making monitoring apps mandatory on all devices and amending the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Information Technology Act.
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UK Proposes Banning Social Media 'Likes' for Children
Britain's privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to "like" posts on Facebook and other social media sites as part of tough new rules it's proposing to protect children's online privacy.
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Blog: Voters, Please See. A 9-Point Clean Air Manifesto For Elections
The air across many places in India is toxic. Pollution levels, while not at emergency levels like a few years ago, remain lethally high. A glance at social media will show you who are the most worried. "Parents are only obsessing about how to protect their children (from air pollution). We're all terrified" tweeted a mother.
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On Video, Pregnant Teen Who Alleged Rape, Beaten Up In Chhattisgarh
Two days after a 15-year-old-girl lodged a rape case against a man in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, a purported video clip of her being thrashed in front of local residents went viral on social media, police said on Tuesday.
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Britain Says Web Firms 'Turning Blind Eye' To Children, Warns Regulation
Britain's health minister Jeremy Hunt threatened to impose new regulations on social media firms unless they do more to protect youngsters from using their services.
